Incumbent Republicans fighting to keep their seats in battleground House districts outraised incumbent Democrats in similar situations, federal filings for the 2024 election cycle show, Roll Call reports. In 33 toss-up or “leans” races, incumbent Republicans raised an average of $580,000 to the average of $529,000 raised by 31 battleground Democrats. Republicans also have more “cash on hand” versus Dems: $1.5 million for Republicans to Democrats’ average $1 million.
The trend wasn’t true in each race. One embattled Colorado Republican, theater seat filler Lauren Boebert, raised just $854,000 versus her expected Democratic opponent Adam Frisch’s haul of $3.4 million. Frisch has $4.3 million in cash versus just $1.4 million for the failed Rifle restauranteur.
On the Senate side: Michigan Democratic Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin raised nearly $3 million in the Senate race to replace the retiring Debbie Stabenow; her opponent, actor Hill Harper, raised $1 million, with nearly half coming from personal donations and loans. In Texas, Ted Cruz (R-Quintana Roo) suckered $3.1 million from donors; his expected Democratic challenger, Colin Allred, raised $4.7 million. Allred also has a $2 million cash advantage over the Cuban-Canadian Cancun junketer.